Tourism Director Sue Rupe has unveiled an amended spending allocation plan to present to county commissioners at an upcoming meeting. ...more

February 22, 2008

Sheriff Richard Nugent expected the embarrassment, and it arrived as predicted. Nugent found out Friday afternoon that his kennelmate for the next 24 hours would be a "loving," black and white Border collie mix rescued from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...more

February 16, 2008

Sheriff Richard Nugent expected the embarrassment, and it arrived as predicted. ...more

February 16, 2008

YEAR OF BACON: Few people know this, but the pig we know and love today came to North America through Tampa Bay. Yes, we have Hernando DeSoto to thank for dragging his porkers across the Atlantic so we could enjoy the crispy goodness of Porky with our breakfasts, BLTs and spinach salads. ...more

January 15, 2008

A bus full of 15 Iraqi lawyers carrying a four-page, single-spaced letter to President Bush arrived at the White House Tuesday. The mission was to request less U.S. help for building prisons and more for establishing the rule of law. There was no immediate official response, and experience of the last four years indicates nothing will be done in the future. ...more

November 17, 2007

this time staging a fake news conference where staffers, not real reporters, asked questions about the California wildfires. ...more

October 31, 2007

Manatee County deputies and emergency medical services personnel responded to a scene of possible illegal dumping this morning, concerned there might have been radioactive material. ...more

October 14, 2007

The scene around Tampa Bay left tackle Donald Penn's locker had been serene since training camp broke in late August. ...more

October 6, 2007